McCain against the world
October 25, 2008
With polls showing disaster for John McCain, Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard puts things in perspective:
[W]e can only echo the words of the 30-year-old Abraham Lincoln. On December 26, 1839, responding to the confident prediction of one of his political opponents “that every State in the Union will vote for Mr. Van Buren at the next Presidential election” and that Lincoln’s opposition to the Van Buren forces was therefore bound to be in vain, Lincoln responded:
“Address that argument to cowards and to knaves; with the free and the brave it will effect nothing. It may be true; if it must, let it. . . . The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. . . . Let none falter, who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. But if after all, we shall fail, be it so.”
As it happens, the Whig ticket Lincoln supported won that 1840 election. So might, against the odds, the party of Lincoln win this year.
Just another reason to stand firm and continue on.
Sphere: Related ContentDisaster for McCain if he signs on to “Gang of 16″
September 16, 2008
RedState.com has a great editorial on the rumors that John McCain plains to sign on to the disasterous “Gang of 16″ energy “plan:”
For the past several months, John McCain has ridden the energy issue, moreso than any other single issue, to the top of the polls. Governor Palin, one of the nation’s leading proponents of domestic energy production, further solidifies John McCain as the candidate who takes the energy issue seriously. To endorse the Gang of 16 plan would undermine Senator McCain’s credibility on the issue. In addition to the terrible politics of the plan for Republicans, the plan itself is terrible, terrible policy.
Read more here.
Sphere: Related ContentObama is still in trouble with Hillary voters
August 27, 2008
Barak Obama is in bad shape, and he should be concerned. First of all, Hillary Clinton showed in her speech on Tuesday night exactly why she would have been a formidable opponent to John McCain. The audience of Democrats in the Pepsi Center in Denver were loud and highly supportive. You could sense a strong connection between Hillary and the crowd. One came away from the speech wondering if the strongest audience response of the entire Democrat convention had just happened. Thursday night will need to be a barn-burner for Obama, or he is sunk with this crowd.
The second reason is exemplified by the reaction of the Clinton delegate in the video below. This is a clear example of how many in the Democrat party seem to feel about the nomination process and its end result. And this sentiment is clearly showing itself in the polls. With McCain and Obama drawing closer in the polls during Obama’s nominating convention and the disappearance of the gender gap, Barak Obama seems to have no foundation. And this convention is not causing the cement to harden. A key ingredient for him is clearly missing
UPDATE: Maureen Dowd captures the “anxiety” undertow at the DNC.
Sphere: Related ContentObama on Supreme Court justices
August 16, 2008
It is important to note that Obama confirmed he would not nominate either Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia. He says that John Roberts “actions” confirm his “no” vote.
So, by implication, Obama will nominate a Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Contrast this with John McCain’s insistence he will nominate a Scalia and Thomas. Conservatives need to take note. Liberal nominees will be the rule of the day in an Obama administration.
One other point. Obama is the last person to criticize the “lack of experience” of Clarence Thomas. Obama has less experience running for President than Thomas did when nominated for the bench. Remember that Thomas had extensive experience in legal branches of the government prior to being nominated.
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